links for 2006-06-01

Why Marketers Need to Take Search Seriously

“What’s missing in most marketing plans involving TV commercials? A search component.”

(tags: advertising search marketing)
Digital Maoism

Jaron Lanier: “The hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring. Why pay attention to it?”

(tags: inspiration culture collectivism)
Edge.org

Interesting magazine featuring “dangerous” ideas from people I admire, like Jaron Lanier and Richard Dawkins.

(tags: culture inspiration learning secularism science thinking toread magazine)
Handy Personal Finance Spreadsheets

Excel budgeting spreadsheets galore!

(tags: finance excel spreadsheet)
How Much Can You Save in a Lifetime?

A great calculator to help you figure out how much you will save over the course of a career.

(tags: finance tools)
Hawk Wings – Plug-ins for Apple Mail

You will find 120+ plugins, add-ons, scripts and helpful apps here.

(tags: plugins mailapp)
Dogmas Are Meant to be Broken: An Interview with Eric Reiss – Boxes and Arrows

A discussion of Eric’s “Web Dogma”, a list of 10 heuristics for site design that are valuable for more than just site design.

(tags: webdesign heuristics usability ux)
World Internet Usage Statistics and Population Stats

Latin America has room for improvement (14% penetration as of 2005), but is also has the third highest usage growth (343%).

(tags: statistics internet)